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    Rodne Gold

    Chinese laser purchase/Shenui/Laserworks tips and tricks thread

    Thread Starter: Rodne Gold

    Considering a lot of us are going or have gone that direction , I thought it a good idea to combine our knowledge pool in one thread. So I have started one. Those of you that have already posted to other threads can perhaps repeat and consolidate the posts here or at least point to other posts on...

    Last Post By: john banks Today, 6:50 AM Go to last post
    Jeff Woodcock

    Laser Engraving True 8bit Shades of Grey

    Thread Starter: Jeff Woodcock

    Hi everyone, I'm new here and this is my first thread and post on this forum. I would like to introduce to everyone a new process me and my son developed to laser engrave true 8bit shades of grey using a 445nm laser diode. There is no dithering a image first, no pulsing or overlapping dots to...

    Last Post By: Mike Null Today, 6:21 AM Go to last post
    Rick Potter

    BBQ advice needed

    Thread Starter: Rick Potter

    I just finished looking at old threads about BBQ's. The weber seemed to be the choice in '05/'06. Is this still the case, or is there a new best choice? I just need a basic, medium size gas BBQ that runs on natural gas. I think I want stainless burners and grates, since I have had problems...

    Last Post By: Neal Daughtry Yesterday, 5:30 PM Go to last post
    Steve Voigt

    Sharpening technique--removing the wire edge

    Thread Starter: Steve Voigt

    Hi all, This post may portray me as embarrassingly stupid and inefficient, but whatever. Here goes. For the last 15 years, regardless of the sharpening media, I have used the following method: 1) hone a secondary bevel on a coarse stone until I can feel the wire edge on the back, all the way...

    Last Post By: David Weaver Today, 8:33 AM Go to last post
    David Weaver

    How about a little side contest? Make a Pencil sharpener...

    Thread Starter: David Weaver

    The catch being, make it completely and totally by hand. No electric at all with the possible exception of drilling a hole in the cutter. In the world of everything being sharp working better, I'm thinking that those little hand twist manual sharpeners would work pretty well if the cutter in them...

    Last Post By: Jon Shank Yesterday, 11:43 PM Go to last post
    Jamie Buxton

    Buy versus build?

    Thread Starter: Jamie Buxton

    Because we're builders, we can make stuff for our shops. We also have manufacturers which are happy to sell us similar stuff. For instance, you can make your own sawhorses, or you can buy them. You can make a workbench, or you can buy one. You can make your own jigs (for instance a shelf-pin...

    Last Post By: Jim Becker Yesterday, 4:57 PM Go to last post

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